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freemartin

freemartin noun: a female calf, born as twin with a bull calf, but sexually imperfect (often infertile).

Noun

freemartin (plural freemartins)

  1. A female calf, born as twin with a bull calf, but sexually imperfect (often infertile).
  2. Any female animal born sterile or otherwise infertile.
    • "Has your cat been spayed?" "I didn't need to: she's a freemartin."

freemartin meaning in Tamil

freemartin in Tamil

இணைமலடி

Forms of freemartin

pluralfreemartins

Origin of freemartin

Late 17th century. Etymology unknown.

Words formed from freemartin

Questions about freemartin

What does freemartin mean?
Freemartin means a female calf, born as twin with a bull calf, but sexually imperfect (often infertile).
What is freemartin in Tamil?
Freemartin in Tamil is இணைமலடி. See Freemartin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is freemartin?
Freemartin is a noun.
What is the plural of freemartin?
The plural of freemartin is freemartins.

Words near freemartin in the dictionary

  1. Freemans Waterhole
  2. freemanship
  3. freemanships
  4. Freemantle
  5. Freemantles
  6. freemartin
  7. freemartinism
  8. freemartins
  9. freemason
  10. Freemasonic
  11. Freemasonism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freemartin (page history and authors); freemartin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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